Elementary Science:Online, Interactive, Standards-Based

Materials

The Earth’s Materials module taps into student knowledge immediately by beginning with a story about a class rock collection. Students use a dichotomous Key to sort materials into natural and manmade and sort further using the adjectives rough and smooth; this activity builds both science and language skills as students classify materials and build deeper understanding of new vocabulary.

Students use the Wetter Clown Getter to experiment with water absorption of Earth’s materials: stone, sand, and soil. Kids use both language and math skills in Water Is as they choose the best adjectives to describe water, collect the data and make a pie chart to display their results.